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Tucker Carlson, American Conservatism, and Christian Heresy

November 7th, 2025 | 8 min read

By Gerald McDermott

In a credulous interview with a podcaster who praises Hitler and Stalin, Tucker Carlson claimed that Christian Zionism is “heresy.” This is a particularly explosive claim, of course, but it is being made amidst less inflammatory debates about the same issues—Zionism, the place of the Jewish people in Christian theology, and how the Christian New Testament understands the relationship between the Jewish people of Israel and the Christian church.

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Gerald McDermott

Gerald McDermott is the author of Israel Matters and A New History of Redemption.  He teaches at Reformed Episcopal Seminary and Jerusalem Seminary.